Cartridge-belt.



V. E. JENNINGS. A

CARTRIDGE BELT. @PPLIGATIOH FILED Nov.15, 191.0.

1,049,723. v Patnd Jan. 7, 1913.

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UNiTEn STATES' rarnnr onirica.,

VICTOR H. JENNINGS, F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, .AS-SIGNOR T0 MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT CO., OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAS- SACHUSETTS.'

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

cAR'rRI'nGE-BELT.

l Patented Jan. '7, 1 9i 3.

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592,49'0.

vTo all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, VICTOR H. JENNINGS,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at llvorcester, in the county of vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cartridge' belts, and particularly tothat type of belt which is employed for carrying cartridges through the firing chamber of an automatic gun where a large number of shots are Vtobe fired lwith great rapidity, and the object is to 'provide a woven fabric belt of this character which will be practically uniform throughout its extent so as to effectively retain all the cartridges, and also to avoid any stitching in the formation of a belt of this type.

With the above objects in view, vthe in- Vvent-ion consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and

clearly shown in the accompanying drawing, in which;

'Figure 1 is a face view of a portion of a beltconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view on the line A-A of -F ig. l, and Fig. 3, an enlarged transverse section of`one of the members or bands of the belt, sh-owing its formation more in detail.

Belts for holding ammunition for auto matic guns are usually several feet long, holdingas many as two hundred and fifty rounds, and are formed of two bands or members of fabric held together at proper intervals by clamps or binders so asto forni 'loops to hold cartridges. VThese strips or bands are folded over on one edge to thicken f that portion thereof, and are stitched, with sometimes a 'round cord passed through the loop thus formed. The object of this is to insure a tight fitof the cartridges when they are thrust into the loops by the loading machine, said 'cartridgestapering from top to bottom. The belt being of lconsiderable extent, the doubling over of the fabric strip and the insertion of a round cord does not insure uniformity and hence all of the cartridges are not securely-retained. Further in such a structure it isv not practicable to tightly vstitch the edge of the folded over portion to the major portion of the strip or band, wit-h the result that not infrequently Vthe stitched edge is caught by the points of the cartridges in the loading machine, thusY causing the belt to be seriously torn and perhaps rendered worthless. Y

My invention is designed to obviate these objectionable features by providing an integrally woven structure for each of the strips or bands which comprise the belt.

By reference to the drawing, it will be -seen that my belt is formed of the two woven fabric strips or bands l, placed parallel with each other and in contact and held together by metal clamps or binders 2 placed at intervals to forni loops 3 for the cartridges which are thrust therethrough by the usrial loading-machine. Each fabric-strip l is woven in the firstinstance of the width of the belt,v

and comprises a major portion l'f1 lof single fabric and a narrow portion 1b of double fabric .at the extreme edge or selvage of which, a small tube 1 is woven, through which a A su'icient number of additional threads are packed tightly so as to form along the edge of the strip, a longitudinallyextending head or rounded portion-to take the place of the stitched-in cord hereiibefore referred to.

It willbe seen that I have produced a belt of the type described, having the two strips forming the same, each woven with a thin and thick portion, the thick portion having a beaded edge, the whole being an integral woven structure, with no stitching whatsoever.

Having thus fully described mylinvent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

. l. A woven fabric cartridge-belt having'l and formed with an enlargement or bead atthat end,'the multiply wall thus formedand bead being of integral weave.

. 3. A woven fabric cartridge-belt. having open-ended loops to receive the cartridges,

each .loop having each of its walls provided 'l tridges, each strip being formed near one edge near one end with a superimposed ply or plies of fabric Woven integrally.

A vivoren fabric cartridge-belt having open-ended loops toreceive the cartridges, each loop having each of its Walls provided near` onefencl-A with asuperimposed ply or plies of fabric and a bead or enlargement at the outer edge of the thickened portion thus formed, the superimposed ply or plies and the bead being woven integral with the thinner portion of the' Wall.` l

A Woven fabric cartridge-belt composed oftwo strips of fabric united at intervals to form open-ended loops to receive cartridges,

each strip being formed near one edge with an added ply or plies of material woven integral with the major portion'thereof.

6. A-Woven fabric cartridge-belt vcomposed of two strips fof fabric united at intervals to form open-ended loops to receive the carwith an added ply or plies of material woven integralwith the major portion of the strip and an integrally-Woven enlargement orbead 2! at the selvage of the thickened portion of the strip.

7. A Woven fabric cartridgebelthaving. open-ended loops to receive the cartridges, each loop having each of its Walls provided 3( near one end with a superimposed ply or plies of fabric Woven integrally and Woven at the selvage of such thickened portion with a tube in which threads are packed in the Weaving to'form a bead.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

VICTOR H. JNINGS.

lVitnesses JAMES E, CLARKE, FRANK B. BATCHELDER.

Copies o! this patent may be obtained lfor ve cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

